§ Mrs. DunwoodyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions which road has the highest number of accidents; and if he will publish a league table of those roads in the UK with the highest number of road accidents. [2]
§ Ms Glenda JacksonI attach information on injury accidents and consequent casualties in 1995 for specified motorways in Great Britain. Unfortunately, the specific information requested is not available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
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Accidents and casualties by severity: vehicles involved by vehicle type: road length: all by selected individual motorways1: 1995 Number Accidents Casualties Vehicles involved Fatal Serious All Severities Fatal Serious All Severities Two wheel motor vehicles Cars and LGV HGV All Vehicles2 Kilometres open at December 19951 M62 11 48 483 15 61 753 19 870 186 1081 174 M63 1 7 132 1 8 192 1 259 30 294 26 M65 0 7 30 0 8 45 0 55 4 61 22 M66 0 7 39 0 7 53 2 84 5 93 19 M69 0 4 27 0 5 36 2 37 5 44 28 M180/M181 1 4 19 1 4 20 0 16 9 26 45 Other motorways 3 6 112 3 6 148 10 201 14 228 36 Motorways 129 849 6,401 153 1,137 10,318 315 11,885 1,858 14,255 2,625 A(M) roads 12 51 450 13 63 673 29 821 78 937 201 Total (including A(M) roads) 141 900 6,851 166 1,200 10,991 344 12,706 1,936 15,192 2,826 Wales Motorways 4 24 209 4 34 323 6 404 57 475 — A(M) roads 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — Total (including A(M) roads) 4 24 209 4 34 323 6 404 57 475 126 Scotland Motorways 9 75 330 10 99 535 12 554 73 648 — A(M) roads 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 3 — Total (including A(M) roads) 9 75 332 10 99 537 12 556 73 651 316 Great Britain Motorways 142 948 6,940 167 1,270 11,176 333 12,843 1,988 15,378 — A(M) roads 12 51 452 13 63 675 29 823 78 940 — Total (including A(M) roads) 154 999 7,392 180 1,333 11,851 362 13,666 2,066 16,318 3,268 1 Casualty and accident data by road class are not available for Northern Ireland. 2 Includes pedal cycles, buses and coaches and other vehicles. 3 Excluding slip roads. Data for England from 1994 onwards supplied by DOT Statistics Directorate. Data for Wales from Welsh Office and Scotland from Scottish Office.